From BBC, here.
“Life in the Native American oil protest camps”
From BBC, here.
“Canada Is Finally Launching An Inquiry Into Its Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis”
Here, from HuffPo.
Race and the Supreme Court: Critical Race Perspectives on the 2015-16 Term
Friday Job Announcements
Job vacancies will now be posted on Friday. Some announcements might still appear throughout the week. If you would like your Indian law job posted on Turtle Talk, please email indigenous@law.msu.edu.
NNABA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ~
Federal Indian Law/Tribal Law Opportunities
1. Tribal Attorney Position, Ho-Chunk Nation, Black River Falls, WI (Open until filled)(posted on 7.24.16)
2. Policy Analyst, Sac and Fox Nation, Stroud, OK (posted on 7.24.16)
3. Indian Law and Clinic Faculty Position, Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana, Missoula, MT (Closes August 22, 2016) (posted on 7.24.16)
4. Faculty in Law American Law, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (Open until filled) (posted on 7.24.16)
5. Ethics Rules Committee–Vacancy Announcement Ethics & Rules Committee, Three Affiliated Tribes, Mandan, ND (Open until filled) (posted on 7.28.16)
6. Tribal Attorney –Prosecutor, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Sault Ste. Marie, MI (Open until filled) (posted on 8.15.16)
7. Director of Finance, National Indian Child Welfare Association, Portland, OR (Closes September 14, 2016) (Open until filled) (posted on 7.28.16)
8. Fiscal Assistant, National Indian Child Welfare Association, Portland, OR (Closes September 14, 2016) (Open until filled) (posted on 7.28.16)
Federal Opportunities
1. Trial Attorney, United States Trustee Program, Milwaukee, WI (Closes on September 9, 2016) (posted on 8.29.16)
2. Trial Attorney, United States Trustee Program, Indianapolis, IN (Closes on September 13, 2016) (posted on 8.29.16)
3. Attorney, Unites States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Indiana, Hammond, IN (Closes on September 2, 2016) (posted on 8.29.16)
4. Assistant United States Attorney(Civil/Civil Rights), United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Iowa, Sioux City, IA (Closes on September 1, 2016) (posted on 8.29.16)
5. Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN (Closes on September 12, 2016) (posted on 8.29.16)
6. Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Office of Regional Counsel, Chicago, IL(Closes on September 21, 2016) (posted on 8.29.16)
7. Attorney Advisor, Natural Resources and Environmental Division of the Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC (Closes on September 26, 2016) (posted on 8.29.16)
Click here for a complete list of current attorney vacancies within the US Department of Justice
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR~
Attorney Adviser, Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Division of General Law, Branch of General Legal Services, Washington, DC (Closes on September 12, 2016)
EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS~
EBCI is accepting applications for a Legal Services Attorney. Applicant must have a JD degree from an ABA accredited law school, be a member in good standing of N.C. State Bar, 3 years of experience practicing law, civil litigation experience is required. Family Law or criminal law is preferred. Excellent benefit package. Salary: $80,258, DOE.
EBCI is also accepting applications for a Tribal Prosecutor. Besides bar passage, 5 years of experience practicing criminal law in N.C. is required, Federal prosecution experience is preferred. Prosecutes criminal and juvenile cases in Cherokee Court. Excellent benefit package. Salary: $104,653, DOE.
Both are open until filled. Contact EBCI Employment Office – Erin Taylor, P.O. Box 553, Cherokee, NC 28719. 858-554-6382.
CashCall Responsible (Now) for Western Sky Loans
Here are the materials in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. CashCall (C.D. Cal.):
Federal Court Dismisses Klickitat County’s Challenge to Yakama Reservation Land Status, PL280 Retrocession
Here are the materials in Klickitat County v. Department of the Interior (E.D. Wash.):
“Why There’s a Media Blackout on the Native American Oil Pipeline Blockade”
Here.
South Dakota SCT Enforces Rosebud Tribal Court Judgment Against Estate of Former Elected Official
Here is the opinion in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Estate of Colombe.
An excerpt:
An estate appealed from a circuit court’s decision to grant comity to a Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court order. The order pierced a business’s corporate veil and held decedent personally liable for a judgment in favor of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. We affirm.
Briefs:
Navajo Nation Seeks Proposals Structuring a Corporate Entity
Here is the formal request (2016.9.2 – Ec Development_Final RFP):
The Navajo Nation Department of Justice seeks outside counsel assistance in structuring a corporate entity aimed at attracting manufacturing industries to the Navajo Nation that have been outsourced overseas by U.S. corporations over the past two decades. Legal services will consist of 1) providing advice on the best corporate structure for the company, including consideration of a Section 17 corporate form, and 2) providing advice on how to structure a Navajo industrial corporate real estate services enterprise that can develop and manage industrial parks on the Navajo Nation for the purpose of accommodating manufacturing businesses locating in the Navajo Nation.
The Navajo Nation Department of Justice will be accepting proposals for this service postmarked by 5:00 PM MT on Friday, September 9, 2016. NO LATE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
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